Football: From becoming a god-level striker

The characteristics of the Greek league teams are strong defense and weak attack.

And Athens AEK relied on the impeccable defense to slowly grind to the top 8 of the Europa League.

They were able to eliminate their opponents, relying on defense, coupled with sudden long-range shots and free kicks.

After breaking into the penalty area, he didn't score a single goal!

Therefore, from the beginning of the game, after Norwich kicked the ball, the players of AEK in Athens quickly retreated to their own half, defending without delay.

And Zhao Gang, the engine of the Norwich team, is naturally taken care of.

As long as Zhao Gang crosses the center line, there will be two midfielders close to the defense.

Obviously, the head coach of AEK Athens still remembers Zhao Gang's last game against Arsenal in the Europa League.

Those two feet are far away from the hanging door, there is an element of luck, but you must guard against it!

And the defense of the two can also cut off Zhao Gang's receiving and passing.

Although doing so will increase the defensive pressure on the rest of the players, this team is based on defense. The defensive cooperation between players, cross-running, supplementary defense and assisting defense are all very tacit.

AEK Athens, as the champion of the Greek Super League last season and the runner-up of this season, they did not expect to win when they came to the Carlo Road Stadium!

What they want is a 0:0 draw, and they will go back to the home court and have a showdown!

Five midfielders, two of whom are deep, are practically indistinguishable from full-backs.

The two midfielders followed Zhao Gang, and the remaining one organized the ball.

Zhao Gang took a stroll, received a pass from his teammate, and passed it back to Philip without stopping the ball.

Seeing that Zhao Gang did not choose to pass forward, the two defenders of AEK Athens relaxed a little.

Philip receives the ball, ready to look for a chance.

He was originally a midfielder who was good at scheduling. He cooperated with Wright before, but now that Wright was injured and Zhao Gang retreated, Philip chose to break through and score the ball more.

When Philip took the ball, he looked forward and saw all the players from AEK Athens...

None of these guys even passed halftime!

Even the strikers moved behind the center line.

These players did not expect to score goals!

This is the first time Philippe has seen this peculiar scene in the Europa League.

Before, they were all defending the weaker side, thinking about how to defend, and then counterattacked.

These guys are even more wretched than Norwich's previous tactics, and they didn't even think about getting the ball to counterattack!

There are three buses in front of the door!

This situation made Philip feel at a loss for a while.

The opponent took the initiative to show weakness and gave up attacking, and regarded us as a strong team?

Not even doing a symbolic rush forward?

Philip cooperated with the defender and passed his feet, and found that the forward on the opposite side was really like two patrolling soldiers, strolling in his own half, and couldn't come over at all!

Falk looked at the situation on the field and frowned.

The players of AEK Athens defended the half court and were extremely energetic. Once the players of Norwich City passed the half court, the players of AEK Athens frantically surrounded and pressed like chicken blood, defending desperately.

Make the football unable to cross the half court smoothly and form a relatively smooth attack.

And if AEK Athens does not attack, Norwich has no chance to counterattack.

Hilo's speed and Zhao Gang's passing are difficult to play.

Of course Zhao Gang saw the tactics of AEK in Athens.

Norwich often used this tactic in the past, looking for a counterattack.

But Norwich at least put a striker in front, tearing the defense.

AEK Athens is preparing to play ten defenders directly.

This head coach is really good!

If Norwich cannot break the deadlock, then AEK Athens will basically stick to it and will not attack easily.

Even if they are attacking, the full-backs should not be able to assist. They only let the strikers and midfielders run, steal one if they can, and pull down if they can't.

The defender will not cross the half-court to allow Norwich to break through the defense easily.

However, it may not be so easy to completely keep the score. .

Set kicks, high center forwards are a good way to crack the bus.

In particular, Norwich has the two high points of Ospina and Mendy, as well as Zhao Gang, a free kick master.

Zhao Gang was strolling in the midfield, and the two defenders were less than one meter away from him.

Zhao Gang had never encountered this scene before.

He had only encountered one man marking before, and the two of them were staring at each other all the time, ignoring the passes and receptions of their teammates. This was the first time he saw him.

It feels like a bunch of amateurs who don't understand tactics play like this.

As everyone knows, this is also a tactic that the head coach of AEK Athens had no choice but to think of.

He saw Zhao Gang's passing and shooting, and he could only think of such a way to deal with it.

The midfielders of a top team like Arsenal can't defend, so how can AEK Athens defend?

Once Zhao Gang finds an opportunity, there will be big problems!

So it's the only way to go.

Needless to say, the effect is good!

For half the time in the first half, it was difficult for Norwich's ball to get close to the danger zone.

As long as Norwich has a chance to attack, the players of AEK Athens will keep tackling, helping to defend, and kicking the ball away when they have the opportunity.

Their physical strength and tacit understanding made Hilo and Feynman sigh and shake their heads.

"This...the tactics of AEK Athens are really...they didn't do that when they played in the Champions League!" Shen Jian looked at the situation on the field.

What he had expected before was that AEK Athens and Norwich City were almost equal in strength, and it was very likely that it would be a close match.

Unexpectedly, AEK in Athens directly acted like a turtle!

No matter how your Norwich players pour the ball in the midfield, don't even think about asking me to go out to press and fight back.

We just piled up in our own half, and we swarmed you when you came over.

If you don't come here, we will never go out!

"Hey! With this style of play, they don't even think about winning! In the Champions League, they could still fight Bayern's counterattacks. Now in the Europa League, facing Norwich, they don't even fight counterattacks!"

"They really don't want to lose, nor do they want to win!"

"Then it's time to test Norwich's offensive ability!"